Channel 4 programme exposes in-house agency deals
Last Monday’s Channel 4’s Dispatches programme exposed unauthorised sales practices of staff working for major estate agencies including Countrywide, Connells and Spicer Haart. The programme featured several secretly filmed visits to estate agencies by an undercover reporter posing as a homebuyer. These exposed various ways firms attempted to encourage buyers to use their in-house financial […]
SLC helps firms find their perfect match
The Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) has formally launched a ‘Dating Service’ to bring together law firms that are interested in acquisition (whether being acquired or acquiring) or mergers in respect of their conveyancing business. The society explained that a number of their member practices are well-established firms that are interested in either the opportunities […]
Huge repossession gap between North and South
The difference in housing repossessions has widened to the largest margin in six years with 33% more repossessions in the North than the South. According to the latest research from e.surv 72% of Northern towns have more repossessions than the UK average. The research involved analysis of court-ordered repossessions in the year to Q2 2013, […]
153 firms enter Cessation Period
The SRA has announced that a total of 153 solicitors firms have entered the second section of the new Extended Policy Period (EPP), having failed to secure new professional indemnity insurance cover. The EPP period is split into two parts with the first 30 days called the Extended Indemnity Period (EIP) where firms can carry […]
Conveyancing and Twitter: How to handle criticism
Conveyancers are not always the most twitter savvy, a problem I also share! A couple of tweets I have seen recently criticising conveyancers made me think about how best to respond to this type of criticism. A couple of weeks ago at the Law Society Property Section conference I managed to be late for one […]
